Peoples of the Baltic is a series of richly illustrated booklets introducing the region surrounding the Baltic Sea. It is a study of its peoples, cultures and history and deals with questions of democracy, minority rights and security. The booklets constitute the main reading for a university course offered via satellite-TV by the Baltic University Programme. The series of programs, complemented by the booklets, conveys a general understanding of the societies in the region, of the processes of establishing independent nations in the emerging democracies, and forming new relationships between new and old states. The Baltic University Programme is an international cooperative project among more than 100 universities in the 14 countries in the Baltic Sea basin. The programme is coordinated at Uppsala University.